BOSTON — In the aftermath of Milan Lucic giving a cup check to Danny DeKeyser on Friday night at the end of the second period, there was no further extracurricular activities between the teams. If you were at the game and missed Lucic's stickwork behind the play, you might not have even known it happened.

That's different from previous Bruins playoff series, where an act like that would have brought a rebuttal. As the Bruins enter Sunday's Game 2 trailing 1-0 in the series, there's an understanding that the Red Wings will not try to engage in that manner.

"Well that's just not really the type of team they are," Brad Marchand, who thrives on antagonistic games, said. "They're more a finesse team and it's pretty clear to every other team in the league that when we get riled up we play better, so that might be in the back of their mind. But it's not the kind of game they play. They're more of a team that plays with the puck, so they don't really get engaged too much with that stuff. We have to find a way to get involved."

It's not that the Red Wings aren't physical; in fact, Torey Krug said they're more physical than they're given credit for. There's just little interest in pushing, shoving and the like after the play.

So if the Red Wings won't up the after-the-whistle intensity, how do the Bruins make sure they're not dropping their intensity? It circles back to Detroit's puck possession advantage in Game 1, when they attempted over 56 percent of the shots and didn't let the Bruins get into an offensive rhythm until the third period.

"I think the biggest thing is if we can get the puck in their end, it allows us to forecheck and finish our hits a little more," Marchand said. "If we can do that and get them down there a little more, it will benefit us."

And the Bruins know the Red Wings are unlikely to fight, if it comes to that. The Red Wings were last in the NHL with seven fighting majors this season, and playoff hockey brings fewer fights anyway.

Some other notes from pregame:

- Torey Krug played 19 minutes in Game 1, but in a tight game, he didn't get to generate much offense. The playoff hero from a year ago had to play it careful given the nature of the game and the Red Wings' ability to shut down transition plays.

"It can be tough at times," Krug said. "Defensively, you're spending a lot of energy and you want to make sure you take care of your own zone first. At times you do have to jump up in the play, and at times it is tough to do so, but you have to find the right opportunity, and hopefully it's when you're fresh and you're not at the end of your shift."

- There's media availability in the playoffs every day, which can make for some monotonous questions (and answers), and for an afternoon game, there may not be much to say before the puck drops.

Wings coach Mike Babcock had a light-hearted moment when discussing his lineup and if there would be any changes from Game 1.

"A lot's happened since we talked yesterday," Babcock said. "There's change left and right. You know what I did yesterday, I went for a nice walk. Four's for lunch. Went to the North End, passed the [restaurants], couldn't get in to any place. Went back to the hotel. Boston's a nice city. Anything else?"

Babcock did note they'll dress extra players for warmups and there's "always potential" for change, but there's little indications that changes will actually be made.

- Red Wings defenseman Brendan Smith was matched up with the Patrice Bergeron line for much of Game 1, meaning Smith got to play against his brother Reilly.

It also meant that Smith was across from his brother's linemate, Brad Marchand. As a right-shot defenseman, Smith was often jostling with Marchand, a left wing. It turns out the two don't get along.

"I kind of asked [Reilly], one day we were talking and I asked him [about] his brother growing up and what kind of a player he was," Marchand said. "I didn't know he was a physical D-man like he was, and I gave him a couple cheap shots, so I asked him about that. He said, 'Yeah, he heard about it a bit.' So that's all."

The two jostled a couple times during Game 1.

"His brother, he seems to play against our line a lot, and he's on my side quite a bit," Marchand said. "He plays pretty hard, he's physical, he battles hard. I got the inside scoop that he doesn't like me very much, so it just makes it a little more fun to battle out there."